Comments on: Quickly Switching Between Tabs in Firefox and IE

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:45:25 +0000

And, if you happen to be using Linux, you also need to use CTRL + pg up or CTRL + pg down to switch tabs in Firefox (CTRL + tab switches between multiple desktops and ALT + tab switches between applications on the desktop you’re on — at least in KDE).

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:33:15 +0000

I use Google Chrome (it’s so much cleaner!) and it has the same features. You can use ctrl + pg up and ctrl + pg down to do the same things.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:08:06 +0000

I also find it helpful to use ctrl + t for a new tab, ctrl + n for a new window, ctrl + shift + t to undo a closed window (a FF3 feature!), F6 to jump to the URL (already highlighted).

Also, I recommend doing an entire post on Firefox’s new Ubiquity tool. It’s so easy to use and speeds things up so quickly! Not only that, you can do some things that were previously impossible.

http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/introducing-ubiquity/

By: John Lumgair

John Lumgair — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:29:37 +0000

Thanks matt
This is brilliant, I didn’t know this either.
I knew you could do command + 1 (or what ever number you choose) and it will go to that number tab, but this is much more useful.

By: Tim Schaaf

Tim Schaaf — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:00:30 +0000

Thanks Matt! I didn’t know this either and it will save me a ton of time. By habit I often hit alt+tab when I’m working in Firefox and get frustrated that I’ve jumped programs.

By: Brance

Brance — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:57:58 +0000

NOTE to self: type more carefully!

By: Brance

Brance — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:57:28 +0000

Thanks Matt!

I should have noticed you didn’t mention Safari. Duh!

Not to self: read more carefully!

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:02:40 +0000

Brance,

I just checked into Safari. In Safari, do command + shift + left arrow or right arrow.

Not as simple as the control + tab in IE and Firefox, but good to see it can still be done in Safari.

See http://www.mactips.org/archives/2005/12/01/switch-between-safari-tabs-with-keyboard/.

Matt

By: Bryan DeWire

Bryan DeWire — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:51:20 +0000

The only ones that Matt mentioned were IE and Firefox, so maybe that’s why.

By: Brance

Brance — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:49:26 +0000

What am I doing wrong? ctrl+tab just selects different elements of the Safari window (back button, refresh button, etc.), it doesn’t switch between tabs.

I would like to be able to do this though.

I’m using 10.4.11 and Safari 3.2

Thanks

By: Bryan DeWire

Bryan DeWire — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:18:30 +0000

And if you hold shift while using control + tab or alt + tab, you go backwards!